Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-03-16
LOCAL BREyITIEs.

The Sacramento river continues to rise
and is now Is feet inches above low-water
mark.
The steamer Dover arrived from the up
per Sacramento last evening, with barge
load of grain.
The only arrest made yesterday was that
of John Taylor, by local officer Thorpe, for
disturbing the peace.
A special train came over from Lathrop
about 4:90 P. NJ. yesterday, bringing delayed
passengers and mails frem the south.
The new Lodge of knights and Ladies of
Honor will be instituted this evening at
Changers Hall, the exercises commencing
at 7:30.
Yesterday morning about 2 o'clock
Chinaman was stopped by two white men
on Third street, between n and o, and
robbed of 81.
Sheriff Harkey, ofSutter county, brought
down Yesterday an insane man named E.
K. Black. whom he was taking to the Asy-
lum at Stockton.
The warm weather has brought the
electric light bugs to the front again. They
are not very numerous just now, but still
they are sufficiently plentiful.
The highest and lowest Signal Service
temperature yesterday was 73o and 49o,
with light northerly winds and clear wealth
er prevailing and barometer falling.
A Jury was obtained in the case of Geo.
Henderson, the stage robber, at Oroyille,
on Monday, and yesterday morning the
taking of testimony commenced. The case
will occupy two or three days.
The term of Mrs. Nancy Hamilton, who
was sentenced to seven years Imprisonment
at San Quentin for killing her husband in
this city in 1880, during fit of jealousy,
has expired and she is now at liberty.
The proclamation by the Governor. call
ing an election for April 18th to decide
upon the adoption of the Constitutional
Amendments proposed by the last Legis-
lature, is published in the advertising col
umns this morning.
Thomas Carolan. the young man who
was thrown from buggy Monday evening,
receiving such q conclusion of the brain
that he was insensible for many hours, was
yesterday much improved in condition,
and will probably soon be all right again
Nothing further has developed in the
case of John Kasson, who was found dead
near Florin last Sunday, and there is
scarcely any clue as to who his murderer
or murderers could have been. Itpromises
fender goes unwhipped of justice.
Charles Bronson, the San Jose boy who
ran away from his home and came to this
city some weeks ago, but was arrested by
officer Ferral on Monday last in response
to a letter sent by his mother to the Chief
of Police, was yesterday put on board the
San Jose train, in the conductors care, to
be returned home.
The remains of c. H. Walker, of Chico
formerly in partnership with C. II. Woods
of that place., who early last week was run
over on Market street, San Francisco, by
runaway team, receiving injuries resulting
in his death last Saturday, were yesterday
taken to Chico for interment. His wife
and children and Mr.. Woods accompanied
them.
Mrs. Deliaha Cole, of Omaha, has writ
ten the Chief of Police for information con-
corning her husband, whose first name is
not given in her letter. She says he left
home for Texas last December but, as she
did not hear from him, she wrote to the To-
cality where he was going, and received in
formation that he had started for Sacra-
mento.
The Chico Chronicle says the north bound
California & Oregon express train, which
left Sacramento two hours and seven min
utes late last Sunday, having been held for
the Southern connection, made the run to
Marysville, 81 miles, including six stops, in
exactly one hour, which was little better
than mile minute, running time. Fred
Stevens was the engineer.
Some months ago the Grand Jury, in ex-
amining the books of city officials, spoke
of the peculiar manner in which the ac-
counts of the Clerk of the Water Works
had been kept for a long time, and which
was so scattering that, except to the clerk
himself, the accounts were like gem puz-
zle. One clerk had followed the system of
another and not attempted 10 straighten
matters out because of the difficult nature
of the undertaking. Since the report of
the jury, however, Trustee Jones, Water
Works Clerk Stafford aud City Auditor Nc
Kee have devised q plan by which the ac-
count of each water-taker can be kept neatly
and clearly SO that at glance it can be
told how much was paid, when it was paid,
amount due, etc. 1t requires huge book
to contain il all, but very fine one has
been prepared and bound.